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Virtue amidst vice : the catalog of virtues in 2 Peter 1 / J. Daryl Charles.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Charles, J. Daryl, 1950- author.
- Series:
- Library of New Testament studies.
- Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series ; 150.
- Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series ; 150
- Library of New Testament studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible. Peter, 2nd, I--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bible.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (203 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Sheffield, England : Sheffield Academic Press, [1997]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Virtue amidst Vice represents an attempt to probe a relatively obscure portion of a relatively obscure New Testament document. 2 Peter reflects a social setting that presents a most daunting pastoral challenge. The danger confronting the Christian community is a lapse in ethical standards and a return-whether by mere forgetfulness or in wholesale apostasy-to the former way of life. 2 Peter's prophetic and paraenetic response borrows from the moral grammar of contemporary moral philosophers in exhorting the readers to recall-and validate through virtuous living-the faith they have received. The
- Contents:
- Cover; Editorial Board; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 2 PETER COMMENTARY: AN APPRAISAL; Chapter 2 LITERARY STRATEGY IN 2 PETER; Chapter 3 ETHICS AND VIRTUE IN 2 PETER; Chapter 4 THE MORAL WORLD OF GRECO-ROMAN PAGANISM; Chapter 5 THE ETHICAL CATALOG AS A PEDAGOGICAL DEVICE; Chapter 6 THE CATALOG OF VIRTUES IN 2 PETER 1.5-7; Chapter 7 CONCLUSION: THE FUNCTION OF THE CATALOG OF VIRTUES IN 2 PETER 1.5-7; Appendix PREDESTINATION, PERSEVERNCE AND THE PROBLEM OF APOSTASY; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [175]-183) and indexes.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9786613192486
- 9781283192484
- 1283192489
- 9780567101266
- 0567101266
- OCLC:
- 741690833
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